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Jwue-nto UNITED S ATES i Aitrjanr denies.

EDWIN R. GILL, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR TO ELECTRIC CASH (JARRKER AND (HANGE MA KER COMPANY. A. RPORA'ilON' OF MISSQ JR'E.

CHANGE-MAKER.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit knownthat-I, EDWIN R. GILL, a citizen of the. United States, residing in Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inChange-Ma ers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, forming a part of the saici'speciiication.

This is a division of my Patent Nov 758,060 dated April 26, 1904 which has relation to a form of store service apparatus combining the functions of a cash carrier, a change maker and a cash register. The change maker is herein particularly claimed.

One object of my invention is to provide .an apparatus which shall enable each salesman in a: store to speedily and conveniently 1 make change and deposit payments, the cash being at the same time lept in a central receptacle in communication with a number of salesmen. By the use of my invention these advantages are attained without the em pl oyment of a cashier at the point of receiptof payments.

Another object of my invention is the providingof apparatus whereby a mechanism may be operated .to count out any desired quantity of change, and at the same time make a record of the amount and destination thereof.

l\-Iy. invention as trated in the wherein I Figure 1 is a diagram exhibiting my pre ferred arrangement of electrical circuits for connecting and controlling the relative movements of the various parts of my storev service apparatus, when the same is con-. structed to operate electrically. Fig. 2 is a side'view of the changemaker and recorder preferably employed by me at the central station or point of deposit of the cash when received, certain details being omitted for clearness, which -are elsewhere clearly iliustrated. Fig. 3 is a top viewof what is shown in Fig. 2, the actual change expelling mechanism being omitted for clearness of disclosure of parts beneath it, and illustrating my preferred change maker and recorder as adapted to hand manipulation. Fig. 4 is a detail side view of my recorder, showing its connection with that portion of the central preferably used is illusaccompanying drawings,

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Serial No. 169,481.

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lector in a manner hereinafter descr'.. d tain portions being shown in vertical action. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the tower portion of the change selector. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one element of my change seiector. adapted to hand manipulation, and showing preferred i'neans whereby the dc gree of depression of the drop here may be F 7 iilustr 'tes a preferred mechanism for restoring the drop bars to their normal position, after operation of the machine, and makes clear the step by step action of this form of restoring mechanism. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the horizontally w rking portion of my change seiector and deliverer, showing he mode of connection between the lifting levers and the drop bars. Fig. 9 preferred arrangement of station instrument which acts as an order illustrates a money magnets, and. the mode of applying saill magnets to the operation of the drop bars. Fig. 10 is a top View of my change d tributer and order selector, isolated from the remainder of the central machine, and showing one means for insuring their siniultane- Fig. 11 is a sectional detail of one of the elements of my preferred,order selector taken on the line w---x of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a side. view of a portion 0! a preferred form of change distributor. Fig. i3 shows a preferred form of car starting uizignet in side-elevation; Fig. 13 showing the same in plan and in its preferred location {with respect to the parts shown in. Fig. to on the. same sheet. Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the form of power transmitting mechanism which I prefer to emplo for actuating the change distributor, and is taken on the line 2 of Fig. 10. Fig. 15 is a detail side view of a portion otmy station type selector. lso seen. in Fig. 4. Fig. 16 is aside view of what 1 term my maintaining switch shmv ing its relation to the starting switch for the cash carrier car, when the change maker and cash carrier are combined. which is my pre ferred coi'istructimi. Fig. i7 is a top view of a number ol those employed at a central instrument supplying four salesmen, and showing in detail one means for automatically opening said main:

proper time. 18 is a. side view of one end of the leash. cal rier track, showing its relation to the point of maimaining switches as delivery of change after passing through the change distributer. Fig. 19 is a sectional view of a preferred means for stopping and starting the cash carrier cars. Fig. 20 is a sectional view of a preferred form of buffer employed at a track terminal. Fig. 21 is a sectional view of a preferred-form of cash carrying car. Fig. 22 is an end view of the same, showing the payment depositor. Fig. 23 is a sectional view of the change receptacle. Fig. 24 is an end view of the cash carrying car seen from the end opposite to that which is shown in Fig. 22, and showing the cash and change receptaclein the opposite position to that shown in Fig. 22, in relation to the driving, mechanism. F ig. 25 is an end view of the car motor, showingthe relative positions of the reversing switch and motor brushes as referably used by me. Figs/26 and 27 are etail views of the circuit reversing devices on the cash carrying car. Fig. 28 IS a sectional plan view of my preferred form of electrical-selecting operator, exhibiting the electric connections there employed, and also showing the order settin device in part, together with,'ts electrica circuits, so far as they are found connected with my referred form of salesmans instrument. ig.,29 is an elevation of two money keys. as referably used in my selecting operator. ig. 30 is an elevation of a detail in the order setting device. Fig. 31 is a horizontal section through my preferred selecting operator, showing its preferred position with relation to the order setting device. Fig. 32 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 33-is an end elevation of the same, showing the same end of the order setting device as is shown in Fig. 30. Fig. 34 is an elevation of the other end of the order setting device. F igi. 35 is a perspective view of the record bar and magnet, together with the motor frame and certain closely related partsand Fig. 36 is a small scale perspective of the general aspect of a store equipment for four stations, arranged in accordance with my preferred form of invention.

It is to be understood that my invention is of a pioneer character in several aspects to be hereinafter more fully explained and set forth in my claims; and in its broadest aspects my invention contemplates the association of certain elements adapted to a certain organic relation of functions or duties without regard to the specific form given, to

I such elements, or to the specific motor power employed. It is.to be understood therefore, that many of the agencies which I describe hereinafter as depending upon electrical action for their operation, may nevertheless beotherwise arranged or otherwise actuated than as by me described in detail, without affecting the broad aspect of my invention; so long as the various agencies broadly principal agencies :namely, the preparing claimed bear that relation to each other;

action and duty which is called for by the terms of any particularclaim or claims. f

Analyzingmy invention as a whole, it will be found that it is primarily composed, when all its novel elements are present, of four 70.

devices the change maker ;the recorder; and thercash carrier. The instrumentalities M comprised in each of these groups. are not necessarily associated closel in space, and in some'instances a portion 0 the elements in one group will be found closely associated, both in osition and function, ,with the ele- V ments 0 another group. As a general proposition it is true, however, that the preparing g device is principally under the direct control of the salesman; that the-chap e maker and recorder, or either of these, is coated at the central money depositing station, as preferably used; while the cash carrier acts ,as a means of communicationbetween the salesman and the change maker.

For the purposes of this case it will be convenient to commence the descri tion. of my invention with the change mailer. proper, and incidentally with the recorder, usually and preferably closely associated therewith. The other main elements are afterward described to better illustrate the usefulness of the devices herein claimed.

In Fig. 2 is shown a partial side view of the combined change maker and recorder, mounted in a frame 1. The change maker roper comprises a change selector; an or er selector; a change deliverer; a change distrib- 1 uter; and a restorer. Of these, the order selector and change distributer have relation only to the use of-my invention in connection with a number of salesmen to each change maker; this being my preferred construction, and that hereinafter fully described by me. The fact that I describe and show this fuller development of my invention herein is not to be understood however, as in any sense dedicating to the ublic that form of my invention wherein on y one station is served by one change maker, whether near to or far from said station, and whether served in connection with a mech anical cash carrier or not. In other words it is to be understood that my claims cover among other things, achange maker at the salesmans station, 0 erated by hand directly, and serving mere y to count out and deliver at the machine, the change called for.

Since my device may be actuated by hand or by any'prime mover in any well known manner, I have omitted'in my drawings, any actual representation of a prime mover, leaving it to be understood that the power 125 ma .be applied to my device through the pul ey 2, and showing only in Fig. 1 an electric motor,at 110, in its proper connection with my electrical system; as an illustrative case of a prime mover.

' the frame Taking first the change selector, it must .be stated that it is that portion of my device which connects the appropriate parts of the change deli. verer with the motive mechanism of the change maker. This e'lementof my invention may of course assume many forms, but I prefer that illustrated princi'ially in Figs. 5, 6. 7 and. 8. As shown intiiese figres, in connection with the change deliverer, my selecting device consists of a series of lift ing bars shown at 3 in Fig. 8, which are pref erahly made in the form of a U shaped bail, as there shown, pivoted to a common axis 4. These lifting bars are adapted to raise or lower the slide bars belonging to the change deliverer, hereinafter described. The lifting bars are connected to drop bars, 6 by means of frictional engagement, which is secured by means of the springs 7, preferably mounted upon pins passing through slots 8, in the upper ends of the drop bars 6, said pins being supported by the lifting bars and causing the drop bars to rub against'the lifting bars when moving either up or down.

Continuing description of the change selee tor, and referring now to Figs. 5 and 6 particularly, two means will be seen whereby the drop bars may be caused to depress the lifting bars 3, in operation of this form of change selector. The drop bars are controlled by springs 9, attached at one end to a portion of it), through which the drop bars preferably pass, and upon which the shoulder l l of the drop bar 6 may engagefor holding "the drop bar up. The direction of the spring 9 is such as not only to hold the drop bar down against the frame 10, but to pull it forward, and insure engagement of the shoulder 1]., with the frame 10 when the drop bar is lifted. A

In Figs. 2, 5 and 6 two means are indicated for pushing the drop bar out of engagement with the frame 10. For this purpose push bars 12 are used which, in one method of engagement, transmit a pressure from the button 13, or magnet armature 13, (see Fig. 2) directly to the edge of'the drop bars, and so push the shoulders 11 off of the frame 10. In

i the other method the proper push bar or bars act through modifying means such are shown in Fig. 6, whereby the dro bars when withdrawn from engagement with the frame are prevented from falling the full distance allowed by the position of the restoring mechanism hereinafter described, and are caught part way. One preferred form of modifying means for this purpose, forming :1 )art of rnv change selector, I have shown in igs. 5 and? are-consisting of a pivoted catch lever, as 14, 14, so placed underneath the frame 10 that when the drop bar is pushed off by the end 15 of the catch lever, the sh0ulder 11 falls into said end 15, and the downward movement of the drop bar is arrested at vmade to fallinto any one and the lifting a point corresponding to the-dimensions of.

the catch lever. In order that one drop bar may be controlled by any one of a number of said modifying means, as is iilesirable in most i stances, it will be found convenient to actuatc the catch levers 14, 14, by means of an axle or axles, as 16, 16 running along the instrument to a convenient point, say 17, when a trip lever, as 18, 18, 18* mounted on its axle 16 or 1 6, permits rotation of the lattor by movement of the push bar. The automatic return of the modifying means, and of the push bar 12 is accomplished by any well known device as, for instance, the. spring 19, (see Fig. 6.)

In some instances it will be found convenient to transmit power from the trip lever, as 18, 18 01 18 'to thecatch lever, as 14 or 14 by means of a sleeve 20 or 20 mounted upon the axle as 16,;bclonging to and actuating another tri lever and catch lever. ."lhis is shown in 5 in a number of instances.

By use of this expedient it is'clcar that independent and simultaneous connections between various pushbuttons and bars, and their catch levcrscan be accomplished both through movcmentof the shaft itself and through movement of a number of sleeves mounted thereon.

As shown at the left hand side of Fig. 5, the drop bar 6 may, of the modifying means applied to it, be of three positions; and a fourth extreme position of depression may be accomplished by using the direct push bar 12, without the intervention of any modifying means whatever. By useof the frictional engagement between the drop bar bar, as heretofore specified, the shortest of these downward movements of the dro bar 6 sufficiently depresses its appropriate lifting bar to permit the appropriate slide bar 5, (an element in the change depositor) to fall into a position of engagement with the motor frame, as hereinafter described. Any more than the smallest de-. pression so produced,-will merely occasion an mo erative rubbing between the drop bar anr thelifting bar, since the stop 20 shown 7 in end view in Fig. 2, extends under the whole row of lifting bars 3, (as shown at 20, in F .ig. 8) thus preventing further downward movement'than just enough to bring the shoulderSl of the slide bar 5 into engagement with the bar 30, as hereinafter described.

The cooperating element's. described with reference to the drawings in the last eight paragraphs of this specification, constitute the change selector. (Save in so far as said paragrapl'is contain explicit reference to con tain parts "of the depositor.) The term change selector as used in my claims, however, is not confined in its meaning to the arts above described, nor even to an assemlage of their strict individual equivalents broadly defined, and then the specific"ele-' ments collectively comprised within the meaning of each term, as these elements are found in the. preferred form of my system,

will be pointed out. It is the broad-definition in each case which must be understood when each term occurs in any claim.

Turning now to the motor mechanism of my change maker, I preferably provide in this element of my system, three shafts I driven by the ulle 2. These are the-motor shaft 21, by w ich mean that shaft through which is transmitted allthe power used in the operation of the mechanical portions ,of my 0 ange maker while operating :the restor- 25 ing shaft 22, by which I mean the shaft through which is transmitted the power for restoring the machine to inoperative position after operation :and the selecting s iaft 23, by which ismea-nt the shaft through which is transmitted the power necessary to select which of a number of stations shall be served and recorded by the machine. It will of course be understood that the omission of the recording function, where recording is not desired, will not evade the spirit of my invention, and that this function is not afgessential to a selecting shaft as meant in this case. The first two of these shafts are shown in Fig. 3 in plan, also in Fig. 9; the latter two 0 are shown in Fig. 4; the shaft 23 in Fig. 10 the shaft 22 in Fig. 35 and all three are shown in end view in Fig. 2. i The most ra idly moving of these shafts is the motor sha t 21, whereby the actual movement of the coin is 5. accomplished and the operation of printing is carried on in the recorder, when this latter is used. The restoring shaft 22 is made to take one revolution for a certain given number of revolutions of the motor shaft, and I prefer- 5 ably accomplish this by means of the. gear shown in Fig. 7, similar in some respects to a Geneva stop. This gear com rises a disk 24, mounted u on the 'motor sha t, and provided with a sing e pin 25, adapted to enter the radial slots in the pinion 26, once for every revolution of the shaft 21. The pinion 26 is fixed u on the shaft 22, andbctween the radial slots w ich are intended for engagement with the pin 25, is provided with concavefaces which t the circ ular periphery of the auxiliary disk 24*, fixed to the side of the disk 24, and shown in Fig. 7 is dotted lines. This intimate engagement between the disk 24, and the concavities betw en the slots of'the pinion 26 35 makes it impossible for any back motion to equal to this maximum plus two.

occur in the shaft 22, and insures immobility of the restoring cam, 42 for the purpose hereinafter described.

I referably provide the inion 26 with six teetii and six slots, so that t e restoring shaft 22 is given one revolution for every six turns of the motor shaft,21. This relative angular velocity is found cbnvenient for'distribution of-coins made in accordance with theyUnited States system of currency; It de ends upon the maximum number of coins w ich under an circumstances might be necessarily distri uted from a coin tube of any given denomination, The preferred ratio of the an ular. velocities of shafts 21 and 22 is a num r 30 I do not therefore restrict myself to the em loyment of any given relations of an ular ve ocity between these two shafts, so ar as the essence of my invention is concerned.

- As clearly shown in Fig. 4, I preferably employ the same means of transmission between shafts 22 and 23 as between 21 and 22; but the number of turns taken by the restoring shaft 22 for every complete revolution of the selecting shaft23depends upon the number of salesmen to be served from each centralstation. In the drawings to which reference isjmade herein the ratio of angular speedbetween these shafts is as one to four, since four salesmen are sup lied from one change maker in the specifie instrument.

The motor shaft actuates a motor bar 27 (see Figs. 3 and35) preferably by means of a pitman 28. This motor bar preferably acts usefully by ineans of the motor frame co mprisie two side levers 27, attached to'a she" "7, pivoted at 29 (see Figs. 2 and 35) and med at the top by an expelling bar 30. (See Fig; .8.) Theexpelling bar is the agency whereby the change deliverer is made operative in expelling the coins. Each revolution of the motor shaft thus "causes one complete back and forth movement of the expelling bar 30. W'henfagly of the slide 1 bars 5 is lowered by the depression of itslifting bar 3 it falls in such'a position as to engage the expelling bar-3 0;by means of the shoulder 31, on the forward movement of the motor bar and frame. (See Fig. 2.) 5 The spring 32 or other suitable means, causes a return of the slide bar 5, when the expelling bar moves back. The various coins with which change can be counted and desired sums made up are contained within 20 separate coin tubes 34, ada ted in sizes to the various coins, into whic the coins can be dropped by the slots 35 or otherwise. These coins tubes may, if desired be in- (losed in a box 33, (see Fig. 8). Under these coin tubes, slides 36 are adapted to reciprocate for the purpose of pushing out the coins one by one into the chute 37, Fig. 2. The reciprocation of these slides is accomplished by means of the slide bars when 

